December 2016 Game Show Highlights

Rather than attempting to cram all of the late-arriving December moments into my annual quasi-reader-selected top 10 countdown list, today’s article is dedicated to listing the top December highlights (as well as some honorable mentions) that will not be featured in the aforementioned end-of-the-year list. Some of the top December moments include yesterday’s incredibly quick $100,000 win on The Price Is Right, Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal crowning its ninth £250,000 winner, Timothy Howe winning the first (and more than likely last) season of GSN’s Window Warriors and the latest Countdown champion.

Game Show 2016 Holiday Watch List

Happy holidays, game show fans! This week will be another busy one in the wide world of game shows, especially with all of the Christmas specials coming down the pike. US viewers should stay tuned for GSN’s Window Warriors first season finale, the sneak preview episode of NBC’s The Wall, Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right’s Christmas specials and BUZZR’s special slate of shows to air during the network’s A Betty White Christmas promotional marathon. In the UK, make sure to stay tuned for ITV’s Blankety Blank Christmas special and Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal wrapping up this month.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #99

This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest US and international game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include a monumental win on Millionaire last week, a new game show debuting on NBC Sports Network, pending premieres of two of ABC’s hit summer game shows, The Wall receiving an early preview date and some of the latest game show ratings.

STAY TUNED: “Canada’s Smartest Person” and “Billy On The Street” Returns & GSN’s “Window Warriors” Debuts

This week is going to be quite a busy one for game shows. In addition to Let’s Make A Deal’s Super Deal Week, Millionaire’s Whiz Kids Week and the continuation of Jeopardy’s Teen Tournament, viewers will also be treated to season premieres of returning series and a new competitive reality show set to debut on GSN. CBC’s Canada’s Smartest Person, hosted by Jessi Cruickshank, returns for its third season beginning tonight at 8:00pm ET / 8:30pm NT. In its search to find the country’s smartest and shrewdest contestant this year, the show is also giving home viewers more opportunities to play along with two new interactive features: CSP SmartPlay and  CSP Live. On Tuesday, November 15, GSN’s retail window design competition series Window Warriors premieres at 9:00pm ET with host Garcelle Beauvais and TruTV’s zany man-on-the-street game show Billy On The Street starts its fifth season at 10:30pm ET. Mark your calendars and take a look at the promos for all three shows in the videos below. 

GSN’s “Window Warriors” Set To Premiere November 15

The cable network’s latest competitive reality series is ready for its television debut. The new show is hosted by Garcelle Beauvais, actress and current co-host of Hollywood Today Live, and features television personality Carson Kressley, entrepreneur Tai Beauchamp and Douglas Little as the resident judges who will decide the contestants’ fate. Premiering Tuesday, November 15 at 9:00pm ET, Window Warriors features eight talented window merchandising designers compete against each other to build creative, extravagant and alluring window displays for a chance to win $100,000, a contract to design displays for a premiere mall developer, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design a holiday display at a major department store in New York City and a feature story in a retail design magazine. Here are the eight contenders who will be vigorously vying for the career-changing grand prize package: 

Garcelle Beauvais Named Host of GSN’s “Window Warriors”

Earlier this week, GSN’s upcoming competitive reality series Window Warriors had signed actress and one of the hosts of Hollywood Today Live Garcelle Beauvais to host the new show. Produced by Michael Levitt Productions, the same team who developed Skin Wars, Window Warriors gives a group of window designers a chance to showcase their visual merchandising skills for a chance to win the show’s grand prize including $100,000, being featured in a retail design magazine, a one-year contract to design displays for a mall developer and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design a holiday display at a major department store. Six episodes have been ordered for the show’s first season and Window Warriors is now filming episodes through August 12. Stay tuned for the series premiere later this year.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #94

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's highlights include the the celebrity lineup for tonight’s Sunday Fun & Games game shows on ABC, GSN’s Skin Wars crowning its third season champion, The Price Is Right rolling out two holiday specials this week and The Chase giving families a chance to take on the clever Chasers.

GSN’s Upfront 2016 Recap

GSN held its annual upfront presentation yesterday morning in at the Paley Center for Media in New York City to unveil the network’s approach to its 2016 slate of programming. Last year’s upfront was highlighted with the renewals of The Chase, Skin Wars and Idiotest, the announcement of new arrivals including Chain Reaction, Hellevator and Lie Detectors, and the network’s revamped logo. Among the announcements made this year by GSN were the introduction of Donald Faison as the host of the new audience participation game show Winsanity, the return of Idiotest, Skin Wars and Hellevator, and a roster of pilots and upcoming series slated to air later this year.